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No. 434,984. Patented Aug. 26, 1890.

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-MANES HAMBURGER, OF IVASIIINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

TROUSERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 434,984., dated August 26, 1890.

' Application filed May 2, 1890. Serial No. 350,321. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MANES HAMBURGER,

acitizen of the United States, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wearing-Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for detachably connecting the openings of garments, and has principal reference to the front plackets of trousers.

My invention is hereinafter fully explained, illustrated in the drawings, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, wherein like letters of reference point out similar parts on each figure, Figure 1 represents the upper portion of a pair of trousers embodying my invention, portions being partly detached. Fig. 2 is a similar view with the parts connected as in afinished garment and showing detail section thereof on the lineocm. Fig. 3 is a View of one member of afastening device partially spread open. Fig. 4 is an edge view thereof closed up ready for insertion in the'fabric. Fig. 5 represents portions of the juxtaposing surfaces of the opposite sections of the garment having the fastening shown in Figs. 3 and 4 connected to one piece and a retaining-plate attached to the opposite piece. Fig. 6 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the pieces shown in Fig. 5 closed. Fig. 7 is a top plain view of the fastening device attached in place andlocked, portions of the fabric being broken away. Fig. 8 is a view representing a finished garment supplied with my improvement and illustrating its practical operation. Fig. 9 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of one section, showing the closed front edge of the attached folded strip.

A A represent opposite leg-sections of trousers; a, the waistband. B B are the strips attached to the free front edges thereof. The

piece B is generally composed of a single strip of fabric attached to the section A, onto which buttons are usually sewed, the strip B being provided with button-holes worked over With thread in the usual manner to receive opposite buttons. The fabric of the attached piece B has in such case necessarily a series of lateral slits forming openings, the edges of which have overcast stitching, which is dispensed with by my improvement, as presently particularly set forth.

In my improvement the member E is simply a strip of fabric folded uponitself lengthwise, forming an overturned closed edge 1). (See Fig. 9.) The section A is at its front edge also overturned inwardly, (see a,) and these two overturned portions are laid flat upon each other and closely connected their full length by a continuous row of stitching s. In the ordinary construction the button-holes are worked into a strip which is attached at its rear edge lengthwise to the section B ,and intermediate of the button-holes are occasionally transverse rows of stitches, thus leaving at the full length of the forward edge of this side of the leg-section a series of openings, such as shown in detail to Fig. 9, presenting an unsightly and objectionable appearance, to obviate which is the leading feature of my improvement.

In the drawings, fly B is shown with a narrow fold or return its full length; but said fold may be of any desired Width, even extending to the rear edge I), and be within the scope and purview of my invention. Said rear edge is connected by a row of stitching s to the leg-section A, whereby the portion B forms a tubular member, as plainly seen in the drawings. Before being thus connected in place said member is provided with aseries of outwardly-extendin g fasteners, preferably, of the form shown in the various figures at F. Said fasteners consist of a strip of metal, the middle portion of which is bent to form a bow f, the extensions of which being cut to compose pointed prongs f, which in practice are pierced through the fabric composing the member 13, and then turned to and fro in opposite directions on the back surface thereof, and thus firmly adjusted upon the fabric. I do not, however, limit myself to this manner of attachment. There may be a back plate or disk, a rivet-staple, or any suitable mechanical means employed on fastening devices. The construction, however, described and illustrated, I have found practicable for insuring a rigid connection.

For a. purpose that will presently appear the bow f is not of equal diameter its whole length, but tapers slightly from its forward end toward the rear, forming an open-ended coniform tube. When attached to the fabric, this tube or bow will protrude outwardly, as

shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and, as will be readily understood, will compose a spring or yielding surface when brought into contact with a meshing locking-plate.

L is a locking-plate, which in practice is firmly connected by any suitable means to the strip forming the fly B. It has a conical opening or slot Z, preferably having its side edges Z slightly outwardly curved. Said plates are attached to the fly B at given distances apart, so that each one will be in position to receive an opposite bow f of fastener F upon the fly B.

When the series of bows are brought over the several plates L, a very gentle pressure will cause each bow to enter a respective slot of the underlying plate and a firm union. will be made. The lateral taper of each bow and coincident slot will tighten the grasp as the garment is stretched around the person or strained in any direction. Each connected pair of fasteners can be separately disunited by introducing the finger and drawing the two parts asunder. sever the flies, each side is grasped and pulled apart and the several meshed fasteners will be successively disconnected.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A pair of trousers or similar garment, the sides of the front placket thereof being provided with metallic meshing fasteners of the character described, the edge of the sections of the garment forming the placket being faced with continuous strips B 'B, one of which is folded upon itself lengthwise to compose an outer overturned edge, said edge being continuously sewed its full length to the overturned edge of the upper section of the garment, as and for the purpose intended, substantially as described.

M. HAMBURGER. Witnesses:

ANsoN S. TAYLOR, SAML'. H. JACOBSON.

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